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Jerry DeMarco

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jdemarco@dailyvoice.com

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx.

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Police & Fire

Watch: Park Ridge Special Officer Snatches Child Before She's Pinned By Moving Car (Video) It happened in a blink. A young Park Ridge schoolgirl had just emerged from an SUV and was behind the vehicle as the driver put it into reverse. Fortunately, the child had a guardian angel -- Mike Stallone, a special law enforcement officer with the Park Ridge Police Department who'd just been assigned to West Ridge Elementary School. Stallone rushed forward and scooped up the youngster before she could be crushed between two vehicles, Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. A surveillance camera captured the moment (click below). Stallone "was monitoring the morning traffic when he noticed a small …

by Jerry DeMarco

06/16/2023

Police & Fire

It’s Over: Burglars Who Stole $1M In World Series Rings, More From Berra Museum Busted By Feds The local cops suspected it was an inside job, but federal authorities on Thursday said otherwise. It seems the burglars who broke into the Yogi Berra Museum at Montclair State University nearly a decade ago and stole several of his World Series rings, two of his MVP plaques and the glove the Yankee legend used to catch Don Larsen’s perfect game were actually part of a multi-state ring. Eight people in all were charged with a series of heists of priceless artwork and one-of-a-kind sports memorabilia from museums and cultural centers in several states and Washington, D.C. from 1999 through …

by Jerry DeMarco

06/15/2023

Police & Fire

Prosecutor Offers Rabbi, Son No-Prison Deals In Double-Fatal Rockland Adult Home Fire: Report UPDATE: A rabbi father and son team have been offered a no-prison plea deal after being charged criminally with igniting a fire at a Rockland County assisted living facility two years ago that killed a 79-year-old resident and a volunteer responder, according to a TV news report. Mahwah firefighters were among the mutual aid agency on this side of the state line who responded to the March 2021 blaze at the Evergreen Home for Adults in nearby Spring Valley, which killed resident Oliver Hueston and Fire Lt. Jared Lloyd, 35. Rabbis Nathaniel and Aaron Sommer were originally charged with mansla…

by Jerry DeMarco

06/15/2023

Police & Fire

SEE Anything? Tahoe Rolls In Multi-suv Crash In Franklin Lakes Three SUVs were involved in a crash that rolled one of them in Franklin Lakes. An occupant of the overturned Chevy Tahoe was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for evaluation following the noontime crash Thursday, June 15, at the intersection of Ewing Avenue and Franklin Lake Road. The driver of a Mercedes GLS complained of pain but refused medical attention at the scene, Police Capt. Mark McCombs said. No injuries were reported in the third vehicle involved, a Toyota Highlander, he said. J&M Towing sent three rigs to remove the vehicles. ANYONE who might have witnessed or has…

by Jerry DeMarco

06/15/2023

Police & Fire

Lodi Firefighter Gets Life-Saving Kidney From Fellow Responder's Fiancée Volunteer Lodi Firefighter Anthony Maiolo has spent half his life saving others. So when it came time to rescue the former chief, Nancy Scaramuzzo didn't think twice. It was others who began seeking a kidney for Maiolo, 49, a year or so ago. That's because Maiolo, who'd been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, isn't the type to ask for help. A leg had to be amputated below the knee four years ago after diabetes infected his foot, yet Maiolo has continued to serve his community at Lodi Fire Company 1 -- including responding to calls -- while getting four-hour dialysis treatments three…

by Jerry DeMarco

06/15/2023

Police & Fire

Hackensack Laborer Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old Child Over A Decade Ago: Authorities An Ecuadorian national living in Hackensack sexually assaulted an 11-year-old child "on multiple occasions" more than a decade ago, authorities charged. A joint investigation began three months ago into Ruben Saca, a 54-year-old married laborer, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, after Hackensack police alerted members of his Special Victims Unit to complaints. The alleged victim, who's now an adult, told them that the alleged assaults occurred in June 2012, records show. There is no statute of limitations for sexual assault in New Jersey. Saca was arrested on Wednesday, June…

by Jerry DeMarco

06/15/2023

Police & Fire

Raising A Stink: Trash Mountain Burns In Middle Of Cliffside Park Intersection The thing with garbage fires is that you never know what might be inside. Cliffside Park firefighters hit an overnight garbage truck fire from all sides -- including from above -- before dawn Thursday. There were no causes for concern nor any injuries in the mishap, which left a huge pile of smoldering trash in the middle of the intersection at Anderson and Columbia avenues after igniting at 1:10 a.m. June 15. Firefighters used an aerial ladder while also drenching the flames with hand lines from the street. A massive cleanup kept borough DPW workers with front loaders busy through the …

by Jerry DeMarco

06/15/2023

Police & Fire

South Korean Clothing Manufacturer Admits Customs Fraud, Agrees To Pay US $2 Million A South Korean company has agreed to reimburse the United States $2 million for defrauding Customs officials about the value of imported clothing and apparel. Principals with Anyclo International Inc. admitted this week that the company evaded duties on clothing and apparel that it manufactured abroad and imported into the U.S. for nearly seven years, beginning in October 2012, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. The fraud involved preparing two invoices for the same shipments, the U.S. attorney said. One invoice bore the true value of the merchandise, Sellinger said. Th…

by Jerry DeMarco

06/14/2023

Police & Fire

Update: Ex-Con Pair Charged In Hackensack Park Shooting UPDATE: Dawn was breaking Wednesday as a SWAT team crashed their way into a garden apartment in Little Falls and captured one of two ex-cons wanted for a shooting at a Hackensack park last month. Members of the Bergen County Regional SWAT team tossed in "flash-bang" stun grenades before seizing Bryant Kyron Dula, 29, at the Colonial Hill Gardens apartments just off Route 46 around 5:30 a.m. June 14, law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the arrest told Daily Voice. Also arrested and charged on Wednesday in the May 23 shooting at Carver Park is fellow ex-con Najee Lloyd, 32, of W…

by Jerry DeMarco

06/14/2023

Police & Fire

Home Invasion: Accused Nypd Impersonators Jailed In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery UPDATE: Two men accused of posing as New York City detectives to rob a Fair Lawn resident at gunpoint during a home invasion last fall have been brought to Bergen County after being arrested out of state. Whether local or federal authorities will be prosecuting them and four alleged accomplices -- three of whom have already been released -- remains an open question, at least publicly. All seven were arrested in New York State last month and charged in a Nov. 17, 2022 home invasion in which residents were zip-tied and an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry was stolen. The two main defen…

by Jerry DeMarco

06/14/2023

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